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Audience i-v
Purpose i-v
Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request i-v
CHA P T E R 1 What Is Network Assistant? 1-1
CHA P T E R 2 Network Assistant Features 2-1
Front Panel View 2-2
Topology View 2-3
Menu Bar, Toolbar, and Feature Bar 2-4
Menu Bar 2-4
Toolbar 2-5
Feature Bar 2-6
Network Assistant Modes 2-8
Wizards 2-9
Smartports 2-9
Privilege Levels 2-9
Updates for Network Assistant 2-9
Online Help 2-10
CHA P T E R 3 Installing Cisco Network Assistant 3-1
Installing Network Assistant 3-1
Starting Network Assistant 3-1
Connecting to Network Assistant 3-2
Event Notification 3-3
CHA P T E R 4 Planning and Creating Communities 4-1
Planning a Community 4-1
Candidate and Member Characteristics 4-1
Community Device Limit 4-2
Automatic Discovery of Candidates and Members 4-2
Community Names 4-2
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Passwords 4-3
Communication Protocols 4-3
Community Information 4-3
Creating a Community 4-3
Discovering and Adding Devices 4-3
Manually Adding Members 4-4
Converting a Cluster to a Community 4-4
Verifying a Community 4-4
APP END I X A Configuring a Catalyst 4500 Series Switch for Network Assistant Management A-1
Network Assistant-Related Features and Their Defaults A-1
Configuring Your Switch for Network Assistant A-2
Minimum Configuration to Access Catalyst 4500 from Network Assistant A-2Additional Configuration Required to Manage a Community A-3
Additional Configuration Required to Manage a Cluster A-3
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AudienceThis guide is for system administrators, network managers, and other users who want to manage standalone
network devices and device groups through a GUI. It presents Cisco Network Assistant, known as Network
Assistant, as a solution.
PurposeThe purpose of this guide is to give users information to start using Network Assistant. It consists of
these chapters:
IntroductionWhat Network Assistant is and what it does.
Network Assistant FeaturesHow to use Network Assistant to manage devices and networks.
Installing Network AssistantHow to install Network Assistant on your workstation, start it, and
connect it to a network device.
Planning and Creating CommunitiesThe concepts and procedures for planning and creating
communities by using Network Assistant. The concept of clusters is supported for backward
compatibility.
Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service RequestFor information on obtaining documentation, submitting a service request, and gathering additional
information, see the monthly Whats New in Cisco Product Documentation, which also lists all new and
revised Cisco technical documentation, at:
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If a community member fails, Network Assistant can continue to manage the other members. If a
cluster command device fails, Network Assistant cannot manage the other members of the cluster
unless a cluster standby device has been configured.
Communities have fewer restrictions than clusters about where members are located and how they
are connected to each other. For more information on cluster member restrictions, see the online
help. If candidate devices do not have CDP enabled, you can still create a community and manually add
the devices. Clusters cannot be created unless CDP is enabled on all the candidate devices.
Network Assistant features include front panel and topology views of device groups. See Chapter 2,
Network Assistant Features, for more information.
For information on setting up communities, see Chapter 4, Planning and Creating Communities.
For information on setting up device clusters, see Chapter 4, Planning and Creating Clusters of the
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Network Assistant simplifies the management of communities or clusters by offering a GUI, alternative
modes for configuring network devices, two levels of access, and comprehensive online help. Figure 2-1
shows the main features of the GUI.
Figure 2-1 Network Assistant GUI
These sections describe the Network Assistant features:
Front Panel View, page 2-2
Topology View, page 2-3
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Network Assistant Modes, page 2-8
Wizards, page 2-9
Smartports, page 2-9
Privilege Levels, page 2-9
Updates for Network Assistant, page 2-9
Online Help, page 2-10
Front Panel ViewWhen Network Assistant connects to a community or a cluster, you can display the Front Panel view of
your device by clicking the Front Panel on the toolbar or by choosing Monitor > View > Front Panel
on the feature bar. If the device belongs to a community, you see all of the devices that were selected the
last time that the front panel view appeared for that community. If the device is a cluster, you see the
cluster members that were selected the last time that the view was displayed.By using the Front Panel view, you can
Drag and re-arrange the devices that appear.
Select and configure the devices.
Right-click a port and configure it.
Select multiple ports, on the same device or on different devices, and configure the ports at the same
time.
Figure 2-2 shows a community with these members: Catalyst 4948, 3750, 3560, 3550, 2960, 2955, and
2950 switches and a Catalyst Express 500 switch.
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Figure 2-2 Front Panel View and Port Popup Window
Topology ViewWhen Network Assistant connects to a community or a cluster, the Topology view appears by default. If
you change this default, you can see the Topology view by clicking Topology view on the toolbar or by
choosing Monitor > Views > Topology.
Note You can change the preferences in Network Assistant to show the Front Panel view by default by
choosing Application > Preferences > Show Front Panel View when connected to network. If you do
not want Network Assistant to show the Topology view by default, deselect Show Topology View when
connected to a network.
The Topology view shows how the devices within a community or a cluster are connected. If you managea community, you can see the VLAN links by highlighting them. You can make neighboring devices
members of the community or cluster, or you can remove members.
The Topology view in Figure 2-3 shows the members of a community and the neighboring devices
discovered by Network Assistant. When you right-click a device or a link icon, a popup window appears
1 Member devices 3 Settings popup window
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Figure 2-3 Topology View and Device Popup Windows
Note When you are managing a community, the Topology view displays all the devices in that community. To
display a different community, you must connect to that community. When you are managing a cluster, the Topology view displays only the cluster and the network
neighborhood of the specific command or member device that you access. To display a different cluster,
you must access the command device or a member device of that cluster.
Menu Bar, Toolbar, and Feature BarThese menu bar, toolbar, and feature bar has these options:
Menu baruse to configure communities and Network Assistant.
Toolbarcontains icons and buttons for commonly used configuration options and for information
windows such as the legend and the online help.
Feature baruse to configure devices, ports and VLANs, perform monitoring, and access reports.
Menu Bar
The menu bar has these options:
Applicationchoose printing options, select interaction modes, set user preferences, search for and
install Network Assistant updates, show or hide the feature bar, create and modify communities, and
request system message notifications.
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Menu Bar, Toolbar, and Feature Bar
Figure 2-4 shows the feature bar.
Figure 2-4 Feature Bar
The features are grouped under menus. When you click a menu item, the configuration window for the
feature opens.
Access modes affect the availability of features; some are not available in read only mode. For more
information about how access modes affect Network Assistant, see the Privilege Levels section on
page 2-9.
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Network Assistant ModesYou can use Network Assistant in these modes:
Expert ModeConfigures a feature in a single window. Network Assistant is in expert mode by
default. To run a feature in expert mode choose Expert in the Application menu. To access the
online help in expert mode, clickHelp in the window.
Guide ModeConfigures a feature one step at a time and displays the corresponding help
information for the window that is appearing. Features that appear with a signpost icon on the
feature bar (see Figure 2-5) means that you can run them in guide mode, When you select the
feature, a series of steps guides you through the configuration for that feature.
To run guide mode, choose Guide in the Application menu, To run a guide-mode feature in Expert
mode, you must choose Expert before selecting the feature.
Note Guide mode is not available if your switch access level is read only. For more information
about the read only access mode, see the Privilege Levels section on page 2-9.
Figure 2-5 Guide Mode Signposts
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WizardsAll wizards contain Wizardin their names on the feature bar. Like guide mode, wizards provide a
step-by-step approach for completing a specific configuration task. Unlike guide mode, wizards do not
prompt you to enter information for all of the feature options. Instead, they prompt you to enter minimal
information and use the default settings of the remaining options to set default configurations.
Wizards are not available for read only access levels. For more information about the read only access
mode, see the Privilege Levels section.
SmartportsNetwork Assistant detects where you have not used Smartports to configure a device connection and
provides this information in the Event Notification window. You can configure the connection either
manually or based on suggestions provided by Network Assistant. Open the Smartports window to either
select a role to apply or use Smartports to suggest a role to apply. See the online help for more
information on Smartports.
Privilege LevelsNetwork Assistant provides two types of access to configuration options: read write and read only. Your
access type is determined by your privilege level, a number from 1 to 15. Privilege levels correspond to
these access types:
Level 15 provides read write access.
Levels 1 to 14 provide read only access. Any options in the Network Assistant windows, feature bar,
toolbar, and popup windows that change the device, community, or cluster configuration are enabled
for read only access. This means that you cannot modify the configuration shown in the windows
started by these items.
By default, Network Assistant tries to log you on with privilege level 15. However, this normally requires
that you pass the authentication with a proper username and password. Lower levels do not generally
impose this requirement.
Note You must have privilege level 15 to access Network Assistant through a TACACS+ or a RADIUS server
Updates for Network Assistant
Network Assistant can search Cisco.com to see whether new packages are available. Use either of theseactions to request a search:
Choose Application > Preferences, and use the Preferences window to request an automatic search
every week or every month.
Choose Application > Application Updates to request an immediate search for updates.
If an update is found, you can install it through Network Assistant.
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Online Help
Online HelpNetwork Assistant provides comprehensive online help that explains configuration and monitoring tasks.
Sometimes the information in a help topic differs for different devices. In these cases, the right pane of
the Help window contains all the versions of the topic, each labeled with the hostnames of the devices
it applies to.
Online help includes these features:
Conceptual help that gives background information on networking features
Window help that gives procedures for performing tasks
An index of online help topics
A tab for requesting a search of all the online help topics
A glossary of terms used in the online help
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Connecting to Network Assistant
Connecting to Network AssistantUse the Connect window in Network Assistant to connect to a community or cluster. Figure 3-1.shows
the Connect window.
To connect Network Assistant to a device:
Step 1 From the Connect window, enter the IP address of the device.
For an existing community, select its name from the pull-down menu. For an existing cluster, select
the IP address.
When you select a community, you can also set the access mode and access level. If you do not set
the access mode before connecting to the community, Network Assistant applies the read/write
access mode to all the devices in the community.
For HTTP and Access Mode options, click the Optionsbutton.
In the HTTP protocol field, select HTTP or HTTPS. To communicate with a clusterered or a
standalone device, use HTTPS (secure HTTP) instead of HTTP.
Select an HTTP port. Use an HTTP port other than 80 on cluster command devices or standalonedevices.
Select an access mode. Read-only access mode is the default.
ClickOK to return to the Connect Window.
You can also use this window to connect to a new community. For instructions on how to use the
Connect to a new community option to create a community, see the Creating a Community
section on page 4-3.
Note For information about using the HTTPS and HTTP options in a community, see the Communication
Protocols section on page 4-3.Because Catalyst 4500 series switches ship with HTTP and HTTPS disabled by default, you must enable
them as needed. HTTPS v3.0 is supported in Cisco IOS 12.2(25)SG cryptographic versions and later.
Figure 3-1 Connect Window
Step 2 ClickConnect.
When you clickConnect, you are either connected to the community directly, or you are prompted for
a username and password and then connected. When you connect to a cluster, Network Assistant asks if
you want to convert the cluster to a community. For more information on converting a cluster to a
community, see the Converting a Cluster to a Community section on page 4-4.
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Connecting to Network Assistant
When the connection occurs, the Network Assistant window is in connectmode. The toolbar adds icons
that represent device features. Similarly, the feature bar fills with menus that list the device features that
Network Assistant manages.
Event NotificationNetwork Assistant informs you of events that it detects by putting an event icon on the status bar and
under devices in the Topology view. Clicking an event icon opens a window that describes the event and,
whenever possible, connects you to the windows where you can take the needed actions.
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Planning a Community
Community Device Limit
The combined number of Catalyst switches, Cisco access routers, and PIX firewalls in a community cannot
exceed 40. There are no limits on individual device types. There is no limit on the number of Cisco Aironet
Access Points.
Note Even though the devices in a Catalyst 3750 switch stack function as a single switch, they count
as individual switches against the combined limit and individual device limits.
If the limit of 40 devices is exceeded, you cannot manage a community. You need to remove devices so
that the total is not more than 40.
There is no limit to the number of communities that Network Assistant can manage.
Automatic Discovery of Candidates and Members
Beginning with the IP address for a starting device and the port numbers for the HTTPS and HTTPprotocols, Network Assistant uses CDP to compile a list of community candidates that are within
four CDP hops of the starting device. Network Assistant can discover candidate and member devices
across multiple networks and VLANs if they have valid IP addresses. See the Candidate and Member
Characteristics section on page 4-1 for a list of requirements that network devices must meet in order
to be discovered.
Note Do not disable CDP on candidates, members, or any network devices that you might want Network
Assistant to discover.
You can edit the list of discovered devices to fit your needs and to add them to the community. If Network
Assistant does not discover a network device, you can manually add the device.
For instructions on adding discovered devices to a community or manually adding devices to a
community, see the Manually Adding Members section on page 4-4.
Community Names
When you create a community, Network Assistant requires that you assign a name to it. The name can
contain up to 64 alphanumeric characters and is not case sensitive.
Note When you select a name in the Connect window and a cluster and a community share that name, Network
Assistant connects to the community.
Hostnames
You do not need to assign a hostname to a community member, and Network Assistant does not assign
one by default. However, Cisco IOS assigns the hostname Switch to switches without a hostname.
Therefore, you might want to assign hostnames to switches to avoid confusing them.
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Passwords
When connecting to a community, Network Assistant prompts you for each unique password that has
already been assigned for members of the community. Network Assistant attempts to use these
passwords to connect to other devices. You are prompted for a password only if the previously entered
password does not work for a device.For example, if a community has ten members, and five members share one password and the other five
share a different password, Network Assistant prompts you twice, once for each password. Network
Assistant does not save the passwords to your PC, so it prompts you for the passwords each time that
you attempt to connect to a community.
Communication Protocols
Network Assistant uses HTTPS and HTTP to communicate with community members. It first tries to use
HTTPS when using CDP to discover neighboring devices and when devices are added manually. If
HTTPS fails, it tries again with HTTP.
The HTTPS port is fixed at 443; the HTTP port defaults to 80. You can specify a different HTTP portwhen you create a community. Afterward, you use the HTTP Port window to change the HTTP port. The
port settings for both HTTPS and HTTP must be the same for all the members of a community.
Community Information
Network Assistant saves all individual device information, such as the IP address, the hostname, and the
communication protocol, to your local PC. When Network Assistant connects to a community, it uses
the locally saved data to rediscover the member devices.
If you try to use a different PC to manage an existing community, none of the member device information
is available. You need to create the community again and add the same member devices.
Creating a CommunityThere are three ways to create a community:
By discovering candidates that you can add to the community
By manually adding devices
By using the Cluster Conversion Wizard to convert a cluster into a community
You should verify that the community contains the devices that you think it contains. This section tells
you how to perform these tasks.
Discovering and Adding Devices
Follow these steps to compile a list of candidate devices and to add them to a community:
1. Start Network Assistant, and select Connect to a new community in the Connect window. Click
Connect.
2. In the Create Community window, enter a name for the community.
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3. Click the Advanced button if you want to set an HTTP port other than 80, the default port. Enter the
HTTP port number that you want to use. ClickOK.
4. Enter the IP address for the starting device, and clickDiscover Neighbors.
5. In the Devices Found list, select candidate devices that you want to remove.
a. To remove more than one candidate, press Ctrl and make your choices, or press Shift and
choose the first and last device in a range.
b. ClickRemove.
6. ClickAdd All To Community to add the remaining devices in the list to the community.
Manually Adding Members
Network Assistant provides two ways to manually add devices to a community.
1. In the Create Community window, enter the IP address for the device that you want to add.
2. ClickAdd to Community.
The second way to manually add a device uses the Topology view:
1. If the Topology view does not appear, choose View > Topology from the feature bar.
2. Right-click a candidate icon, and select Add to Community.
Candidate device labels are cyan; member labels are green.
Converting a Cluster to a Community
The Cluster Conversion Wizard creates a community by using the information available for the cluster.
The wizard prompts you to enter an IP address and from the pulldown lists to select an interface name
and subnet mask for each device that does not have them. Network Assistant does not delete the cluster
upon creating the community.
There are two ways to start the Cluster Conversion Wizard. When you connect to a cluster command
device, the wizard starts and asks if you want to convert the cluster into a community. You can also start
the wizard from the feature bar by choosing Configure > Cluster > Cluster Conversion Wizard .
Verifying a Community
Follow these steps to verify the community:
1. Choose Monitor > View > Topology to display the Topology view.
2. Choose Monitor > Reports > Inventory to display an inventory of the devices in the community.
This summary includes device model numbers, serial numbers, software versions, IP information,and location.
3. Choose Monitor > View > Front Panel to display the Front Panel view.
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Configuring Your Switch for Network Assistant
This section describes how to configure your switch for Network Assistant. It includes these sections:
Minimum Configuration to Access Catalyst 4500 from Network Assistant, page A-2
Additional Configuration Required to Manage a Community, page A-3
Additional Configuration Required to Manage a Cluster, page A-3
Minimum Configuration to Access Catalyst 4500 from Network AssistantIf you use the default configuration, access the Catalyst 4500 series switch, and enter the ip http server
(for HTTP) or the ip http secure-server (for HTTPS) global configuration command:
1. You need to set an IP address in each switch for community device discovery and for the cluster
commander.
2. Port number on the Network Assistant and the Catalyst 4500 series switch must match.
3. You can only change this value for a cluster of devices. Port number on the Network Assistant and on the
Catalyst 4500 series switch must match. Value can be changed to any non-default number above 1024.
4. Required for Network Assistant to access the device.
5. Enabled only if you want to manage a cluster of devices.
Command Purpose
Step 1 Switch# configure terminal Enter global configuration mode.
Step 2 Switch(config)# ip http server
or
Switch(config)# ip domain-name domain_name
(HTTP only) Enable the HTTP server on the switch. By
default,the HTTP server is disabled.
Enable the domain name on the switch to configure HTTPS.
Step 3 Switch(config)# ip http secure-server Enable the HTTPS server on the switch. By default, theHTTPS server is disabled.
Step 4 Switch(config)# ip http max-connectionsconnection_number
Configure the maximum concurrent connections to the
HTTP server.
We recommend using 16 as the connection_number.
Step 5 Switch(config)# ip http timeout-policy idleidle_time life life_time requests requests
Configure the HTTPS port.
The idle keyword specifies the maximum amount of time a
connection can stay idle. We recommend an idle value of 180
seconds.
The life keyword specifies the maximum amount of time that
a connection can stay open since it was established. We
recommend a life value of 180 seconds.
The requests keyword specifies the maximum amount of
requests on a connection. We recommend a maximum of 25
requests.
Step 6 Switch(config-if)# end Return to privileged EXEC mode.
Step 7 Switch# show running-config Verify the configuration.
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automatic discovery in communities 4-3
Catalyst 4500 switches
cluster configuration A-3
community configuration A-3
default settings A-1
minimum configuration A-2
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automatic discovery in communities 4-2
Cisco Discovery Protocol
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Cluster Conversion Wizard 4-4
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Cluster Conversion Wizard 4-4
converting to a community 4-4
definition 1-1
size limitation 1-1
communities
accessing 4-2
adding members 4-3
automatic discovery 4-2 to 4-3
candidates
adding 4-3
automatic discovery of members 4-2 to 4-3
defined 4-1
discovering 4-3
requirements 4-1See also community member
communication protocols 4-3
community information 4-3
community names 4-2
composition 4-2
converting a cluster to a community 4-4
creating 4-3
definition 1-1 to 1-2
limits 4-2
management
local PC 4-3
members
adding 4-4
automatic discovery 4-2 to 4-3
hostnames 4-2
requirements 4-1
planning considerations
hostnames 4-2
identifying information 4-3
passwords 4-3
saving identification information 4-3
verifying 4-4
connecting Network Assistant 3-2
converting a cluster to a community 4-4
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Index
D
device limits in a community 4-2
discovery, communities
See automatic discovery
F
features
Front Panel view 2-2
menu bar 2-4
online help 2-10
privilege levels 2-9
Topology view 2-3
wizards 2-9
H
hostnames
in communities 4-2
I
installing Network Assistant
procedure 3-1
IP addresses
community candidates 4-1
M
manually adding members to communities 4-4
membersadding 4-3
adding to a community 4-4
menu bar 2-4
N
Network Assistant
connecting 3-2
installing
procedure 3-1
introduced 1-1
starting 3-1
O
online help 2-10
P
passwords
in communities 4-3
privilege levels 2-9
S
Smartports Advisor 2-9
starting Network Assistant 3-1
T
Topology view 2-3
W
wizards 2-9